Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

By-pass greedy servos
We always seem to be complaining about petrol prices for the way they fluctuate.
We as consumers are as much to blame for the price increase. For example there are three petrol outlets on McIvor Road.
The prices are as follows: $1.39.9, $1.32.9, $1.26.9..

08-Dec-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Demise of Liberal coalition
The demise of the current federal government had its genesis in the first Abbott/Hockey horror budget that lacked compassion and was viewed by most as a scorched earth cost cutting exercise.
No coherent fair reform agenda was ever visible. Abbott’s card ..

24-Nov-2017

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Letters to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Estate disappearing
I refer to Mr Mal Nolan’s letter “Backhaus Estate disappearing”, Bendigo Weekly, November 10, concerning the Backhaus Estate.
Mr Nolan seems to be unaware of many of the relevant facts concerning the estate and the obligations of the three trustees...

17-Nov-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Uniform approach
The spectacle of the next level of cruelty visited upon the hapless Manus refugees by the Australian government is more than I, and my friends, can stand.
One of my friends, usually a tough cookie, burst into tears of shame, rage and pity at a restaurant after she heard ..

09-Nov-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

The 600 are innocent
As an Australian I am sickened and deeply ashamed of the human rights abuses being perpetrated in my name.
The Manus Island 600 are innocent and have complied with international law in seeking asylum.
We have illegally detained them in brutal conditions for yea..

02-Nov-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Nothing projected
The article on the council’s pay toilet plan, Bendigo Weekly, October 20, and Ian Glanville’s cartoon which portrayed the Hargreaves Mall toilet reminded me of something else that we have already paid for.
In this case even though ..

26-Oct-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Ideas of morality
One of the things that has come to light in the current debate over the same-sex marriage issue concerns the absence of a common ethical basis to which we can refer as we engage in the discussion.
Our Australian society, like most other western societies, was largely ..

19-Oct-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Bike trail call overdue
In answer to the council’s call for views on bike trails, this is overdue and maps should have been available previously.
There has probably been a misconception that cycling tourists would not inject funds into the local economy.
The Sedgwick Hall is ..

13-Oct-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Sorry state of Australia
There used to be a time when Australia was a bold, adventurous, visionary, forward looking country exploring new ideas. What happened?
Well along came Howard, and then Abbott, who took over the mantle of having his foot on Australia’s throat, attempting to..

06-Oct-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

A diverse Bendigo
A local government council with diversity and inclusion as a professed core value should be on the front foot in support of marriage equality.
The appalling failure of successive federal governments over the past decade to legislate marriage equality and, thereby, genui..

27-Sep-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Time to have Faith
Time I fully support the Kangaroo Flat Community Enterprise request to name the new Olympic swimming pool in memory of Bendigo’s only Olympic gold medal swimmer – Faith Leech.
As a youngster at the time, I remember how Faith’s victory brought great ho..

15-Sep-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Be aware of our privilege
Can you imagine this?
Two men are standing together on the boundary at a local football game. They are discussing the much-appreciated playing skills of a relatively new player at their club.
Then one man says to the other, “and he is a great contribu..

31-Aug-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Social justice an issue
The letters page in the Bendigo Weekly, August 18, made for very interesting reading.
Of the six letters printed, four made mention of marriage equality, and on either side of the page were letters from clerics, each representing one end of the religious spectrum...

24-Aug-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Uniform approach
For many years there has been a push to redefine marriage to include unions other than one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.
The discussion has often become emotional and sometimes disrespectful on both sides of the debate.
The Catholic Church’s..

18-Aug-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Flood Eye software glitch
The minor issue presented in last Friday’s Bendigo Weekly is between the data, and our Flood Eye software.
In a nutshell, for reports other than the one in 100-year (or one per cent annual exceedance probability) flood levels, there was a small percentage..

11-Aug-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Cheap power needed
With reference to the article on the ability of Bendigo’s manufacturing sector to expand, and their problem with rapidly escalating energy costs, I don’t believe it’s going to improve unless we go back to cheaper fossil fuel power ie coal.
It’s ..

04-Aug-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Wasted debate
The article on waste-to-energy in the Bendigo Weekly on July 21 is very revealing.
It discusses the process in a plan “released by the state government”, as applied to the Loddon-Mallee region.
The spokesperson states that “the technology is not yet pr..

27-Jul-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Complex issue
It has been good to read the debate about the proposed introduction of euthanasia laws within Victoria (Bendigo Weekly, Letters, Helen Leach, July 7 and Bendigo Weekly, Letters, Michelle Goldsmith, July 14), though I find that Michelle Goldsmith’s definition of “ass..

20-Jul-2017

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Letter to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

Dying with dignity
Suicide was decriminalised in Victoria way back in 1958. That there has long been no criminal sanction for committing suicide, however, does not lessen the lingering stigma for many Victorians. Many people of religious faith have also long been told suicide is a sin.
T..

13-Jul-2017

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Letters to the editor

Bendigo Weekly

PaTH program a sham
Announcements made this week that major retailers will offer 10,000 exploitative PaTH internships is another demonstration of how out of touch this government is.
Retailers already employ lots of younger workers and have no trouble in recruiting young workers.
The..